MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Cade Smith
Cade Smith
CLE · P
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Portrait of Jake Woodford
Jake Woodford
CHC · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Cade Smith.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, and saves.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV

Cade Smith wins 4 categories (K, ERA, WHIP, SV); Jake Woodford wins 0 (none); 1 even.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Cade Smith
97.1
Jake Woodford
93.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
16.9%
Jake Woodford
9.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Cade Smith
34.5%
Jake Woodford
18.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Cade Smith
33.3%
Jake Woodford
27.8%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
43.9%
Jake Woodford
48.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Cade Smith
9.5%
Jake Woodford
8.6%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Cade Smith
.280
Jake Woodford
.367
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Cade Smith
27.64
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.60
3.67
Jake Woodford
27.64
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.20
3.71
WHIPlower is better
Cade Smith
.9001.91
now 1.08
1.23
Jake Woodford
.9001.91
now 1.67
1.24

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Cade Smith
4052.80
now 42
28
Jake Woodford
4052.80
now 19
15
Winshigher is better
Cade Smith
.5202.48
now 2
12
Jake Woodford
.5202.48
now 1
11
Saveshigher is better
Cade Smith
.00028
now 20
917
Jake Woodford
.00028
now 1
02
If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · wait & seeCade Smith — hold.conf 0.50
Hold · wait & seeJake Woodford — hold.conf 0.50
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